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Month: November 2009

To gaze at a river made of time and water and remember Time is another river. To know we stray like a river and our faces vanish like water. To feel that waking is another dream that dreams of not … Continue reading →

I. The useless dawn finds me in a deserted street-corner; I have outlived the night. Nights are proud waves: darkblue topheavy waves laden with all hues of deep spoil, laden with things unlikely and desirable. Nights have a habit of … Continue reading →

A former senior executive at Blackwater confirmed the military intelligence source’s claim that the company is working in Pakistan for the CIA and US Joint Special Operations Command, the premier counterterrorism and covert operations force within the military. He said … Continue reading →

‘No way through’ is an imaginative thought experiment that illustrates the daily experience of Palestinians in the israeli-occupied Palestinian territories (in this case, the West Bank) as transposed into the UK. Paul Woodward calls it an act of imagination through … Continue reading →

“Going Deeper” Not “Muslim”: Islamophobia and its Discontents (Nov 13, 2009) by Dr. Huma Dar I deeply missed June Jordan today. Back in Fall 1995 (or was it 96?) the acclaimed poet read not her own poems, but those of … Continue reading →

Major Nidal Malik Hasan went berserk and killed 13 soldiers at Fort Hood. A horror, a tragedy. Terrible for the victims of the massacre and their families and terrible for the millions of Muslims who live in America and Europe, … Continue reading →

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich … Continue reading →

The Jewish Fast for Gaza is an ad hoc group of rabbis, Jews, and people of conscience who have committed to undertake a monthly daytime fast in support of the following goals: (1) To call for a lifting of the … Continue reading →

The story of the Afghan woman is one of 700 that form a shocking pattern of abuse, trauma and death suffered by Afghans caught in three decades of war – misery that did not end with the defeat of the … Continue reading →